MADE OF. >> WRAL, SPORTS STARTS NOW. WANTED BY EASTER AUTOMOTIVE. >> 13 YEARS AGO AT THE GREENSBORO COLISEUM. DO PLAYING IN THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. JOHN SHIRE CORNER 3 WITH 18 SECONDS LEFT THAT DAGGER. BUT THE BLUE DEVILS UP FOR SEALING BACK-TO-BACK CONFERENCE TITLES. SHIRE. 72 AS A PLAYER IN THE TOURNAMENT, 16 5 AS AN ASSISTANT AND NOW 3 KNOW AS FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH IS DUKE WINS THE 2023 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP. HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A SHIRE BECOMES JUST THE 3RD COACH TO WIN AN ACC TITLE IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS A HEAD COACH. >> HIS BLUE DEVILS WILL PLAY THEIR BEST BASKETBALL OF THE SEASON RIGHT NOW. THAT'S REALLY HOW HIS YOUNG TEAM HAS COME TOGETHER AND GROWN IN THIS LAST MONTH. THAT'S BEEN SO IMPRESSIVE. AND ULTIMATELY CATAPULTED THEM INTO TONIGHT'S ACC TITLE GAME VERSUS 2 SEED, VIRGINIA. LET'S GET YOU OUT OF THE ACTION HAS BEEN PUSHING ALL. >> ALL THE RIGHT BUTTONS DURING THIS 8 GAME WIN STREAK TO CAUSE A LOSS SINCE THAT CONTROVERSIAL OT FINISH AT VIRGINIA. 1ST HALF, DEFENSE STINGY IS EVERY SPEAK WITH THE STEAL. IT. >> AND THE FINISH I OR WE'LL JUST TELL HIS GUYS SETTLE DOWN HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT. RYAN YOUNG OUT TO KYLE FILIPOWSKI THE 3 THEY WERE FALLING ALL MORNING LONG FOR DUKE WORKING IT OUTSIDE AND NOW HAVE WHAT WE WERE GOING. A LITTLE INSIGHT. AND ERICA LIVELY, THE AND THE BIG SLAM. IT WAS 79 DUKE. THE BENCH FULLY ENGAGED IN THIS ONE TO WREAK WHITEHEAD, STARTING TO FIND HIS GAME. HE'S LIKE A 6TH MAN HERE. THAT'S WHEN DUKE IS REALLY SCARY. PULL UP FROM 3 DUKE WAS UP. 24 17 AT THE HALF. AND AFTER THE BREAK. WHAT ELSE CONTINUE TO ROLL FLIP THE BASELINE FEED TO TYRESE. PROCTOR ON THE WEEK DOUBLES UP 9 PHILIP HOUSE KEY 3 STEALS ON THE NIGHT. HE WOULD HAVE THE SO RIPE HERE AND HE'S GOING OF THE 2 HAD FINISHED BACK OF THE OTHER WAY TOURNAMENT MVP 20 POINTS, 10 REBOUNDS. DUKE'S DEFENSE HOLDS THE CAVALIERS. JUST 49 POINTS. 59 49, THE FINAL DUKE WILL TAKE A NINE-GAME WINNING STREAK INTO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. WHAT A SCENE THERE IN GREENSBORO. LET'S BRING IN WRL'S CHRIS LEE AND PAT WELTER WHO ARE ON THE COURT FOR THE CELEBRATION. GUYS, WHAT WHAT IT WHAT IT RUN. THIS TEAM IS ON IT. >> YANG, CASEY, THIS IS THE 22ND ACC CHAMPIONSHIP THERE, KNIFE THAT THEY'VE WON IN THIS BUILDING. THE ONLY ADDS TO DUKE'S LEGACY, BUT WE TALK ABOUT DUKE'S LEGACY. IT DOESN'T QUITE TELL THE STORY OF THIS YEAR'S TEAM FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH, SO MANY FRESHMAN, SO MANY TRANSFERS AND THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS ALLOWED THOSE JUST A MONTH AGO. BUT 9 WINS LATER. THEY'RE NOW ACC CHAMPIONS BACK, CHRIS, THIS IS A NEW ERA FOR DUKE BASKETBALL RIGHT IN THE WORD THAT STOOD OUT TO ME TALKING TO THE PLAYERS ON THE COURT AFTER THE GAME ON, THEY'RE CELEBRATING TRUST TRUST IN THEIR FIRST YEAR. HEAD COACH JON SHIREY JUST FINISHED SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR EVERY FAN THAT WANTED ONE IN HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO. TRUST IN EACH OTHER TRUST THAT THEY WOULD WIN EVENTUALLY. AND HERE THEY ARE. >> THEY SEE CHEST. >> THERE'S AMAZING. YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF HARD WORK, A LOT OF OR SOME HAD TO GO CAME OUT ON TOP, YOU GREAT DOING. WE'RE GOING TO USE IT TO YOU. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF NOT A LOT OF AND DOWNS THIS YEAR. PUT A LOT OF ADVERSITY, DO CONTINUE TO STICK TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO TRUST EACH OTHER AND MAKE THE EXTRA PASS. AND WE STARTED TO CLICK AT THE RIGHT TIME. A SPECIAL MOMENT. I MEAN, IT'S A MEMBER OF ALL. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT MOST ARE LAST YEAR'S OUR OVERALL, THE NUMBER THAT GOODALL ALL NIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE LAST HOUR I WAS REMEMBER THAT GOING BY WHAT I'M DOING, EVERYTHING I COULD TO COME OUT WITH THIS WIN WE DID THAT TONIGHT. >> CHRIS, ONE QUESTION I MAJORED ASK EVERYBODY OUT DCC CHAMPIONSHIP JUST THE BEGINNING, RIGHT? NO HESITATION. DUKE ABOUT TO BE A VERY TRENDY FINAL 4 TEAM AND THEY SHOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE HOTTEST TEAM IN AMERICA. 9 STRAIGHT WINS. THEY STARTED THE YEAR WITH DEFENSE AND THEY FOUND THEIR OFFENSE. AND IT IS A SCARY THING TO PAT IS A CHANCE IT COULD BE PLAYED HERE NEXT WEEK. WE'LL SEND IT BACK INSIDE TO YOU GUYS. >> AND WE'LL FIND OUT TOMORROW.